SOLUTION: The world's most populous countries are China and India. As of mid-2005, the combined population of these two countries was estimated at 2.4 billion. If there were about 4/5 as man
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Question 121513: The world's most populous countries are China and India. As of mid-2005, the combined population of these two countries was estimated at 2.4 billion. If there were about 4/5 as many poeple living in India as China, what was the population of each country, to the nearest tenth of a billion? Answer by Fombitz(13828) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 1. China (C) plus India (I) equals 2.4 (billion).
2. India is 4/5 of China in population.
Substitute 2 into 1.
Rounding to the nearest tenth of a billion,
